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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Succulents getting ready to bloom

For many gardeners, flowering annuals like primroses and pansies are the archetypical harbingers of spring. For me, it’s spring-blooming succulents. On a quick walk through the garden today, I found buds on quite a few of my succulents. They should be in full bloom by the time the official start of spring (March 20) rolls around.

Coral aloe (Aloe striata)

Echeveria ‘Perle von Nürnberg’

Pachyveria glauca

Graptoveria ‘Opalina’

Gasteria ‘Little Warty’

Kalanchoe pumilis

Cotyledon ‘Jingle Bells’. Not sure if this is a flower or a new set of leaves. It doesn’t look like either!

Crown of thorns (Euphorbia millii)

Euphorbia mauritanica

Euphorbia tubiglans (I’m cheating with this photo because the plant is already blooming)

I get excited seeing even the tiniest hint of a bud, like on this Sulcorebutia arenacea

Mammillaria microhelia

Another Mammillaria microhelia

Some of the buds have already opened

No disrespect to people who love traditional spring-flowering annuals, but I think these are way cooler :-).

2 comments:

Great looking succulents Gerhard! I like flowering succulents as they always convey warmth and vibrancy, knowing that most of them does originate on warmer area. And speaking of flowering succulents I just noticed the other day our Aloe plicatilis is also about to flower :)